Pyrausta purpuralis

Pyrausta purpuralis.  Micromoth.  Burnt Gorse, High Elms Country Park, 30 July 2011.

I photographed one of these during the moth trapping session on Keston Common on 2 July. Apparently it flies by both day and night! Here, I caught it sipping nectar just like a butterfly along Burnt Gorse on the High Elms estate. It's small, but just as colourful as the butterflies.  It's good to see it with hind wings displayed.